Editor’s Note ~ Special Volume / Fall 2008

This year, the SAIS Bologna Center Journal of International Affairs editorial team has had the privilege of putting together a special issue on the environment. While the BC Journal is traditionally an annual, student-run publication, thanks to a generous contribution by an alumnus (Karl Homberg, ’BC 67), we were able to publish a second issue, focusing specifically on environmental policy topics.

At a time when the world is becoming increasingly concerned about environmental problems with global ramifications, students and scholars around the world have weighed in and provided keen insight into a wide range of environmental policy issues. From environmental implications in international trade to the public’s grasp of environmental change to the interaction between science and technology and policy, the articles touch on some of the most relevant and often controversial set of issues we face today. It is our hope that this special issue of the BC Journal will not only raise awareness of the pressing issues at hand, but also provide a forum for the debate and discussion of the role of the environment in international affairs.
 
Christina Sohn
Editor-in-Chief